Gerard (Jerry) Lynch, P.E. president of IFTS, Inc., left, accepts the AFS New Product of the Year Award from Dr. Ernest Mayer, chair of the AFS Users Committee, which judged the entries.

In June, the American Filtration and Separations Society (AFS) held their annual Spring Conference in Boca Raton, FL where IFTS, Inc. was awarded the New Product of the Year award for the Global Fuel Water Separation (FWS) Filter Efficiency Test Stand. The conference recognizes current and emerging industry leaders.

The FWS test equipment allows for the measurement of the fuel/water separation efficiency of diesel fuel filters for road and off-road vehicle combustion engines according to American (SAE J1488, SAE J1839), European, and international standard methods(ISO 4020, ISO 16332).

The AFS New Product of the Year Award 2011

In 2011, IFTS, Inc. and Sigma Design Company developed and fabricated a liquid filter test stand for mission critical vehicles used by the Egyptian Army. The state-of-the-art testing system was designed to perform qualification tests on diesel and petrol fuel filters in accordance with ISO 4020.